The Last Mrs. Parrish by LIV Constantine

The Last Mrs. Parrish

by LIV Constantine

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"Will keep you up. In a 'can't put it down' way. It's 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' with XX chromosomes." --The Skimm

"Deliciously duplicitous. . . . equally as twisty, spellbinding, and addictive as Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl or Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train." --Library Journal (starred review)

Amber Patterson is fed up. She's tired of being a nobody: a plain, invisible woman who blends into the background. She deserves more--a life of money and power like the one blond-haired, blue-eyed goddess Daphne Parrish takes for granted.

To everyone in the exclusive town of Bishops Harbor, Connecticut, Daphne--a socialite and philanthropist--and her real-estate mogul husband, Jackson, are a couple straight out of a fairy tale.

Amber's envy could eat her alive . . . if she didn't have a plan. Amber uses Daphne's compassion and caring to insinuate herself into the family's life--the first step in a meticulous scheme to undermine her. Before long, Amber is Daphne's closest confidante, traveling to Europe with the Parrishes and their lovely young daughters, and growing closer to Jackson. But a skeleton from her past may undermine everything that Amber has worked towards, and if it is discovered, her well-laid plan may fall to pieces.

With shocking turns and dark secrets that will keep you guessing until the very end, The Last Mrs. Parrish is a fresh, juicy, and utterly addictive thriller from a diabolically imaginative talent.

Reviewed by Jeff Sexton on

5 of 5 stars

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Slow Burn Examination Of Sociopathy vs Psychopathy. Have you ever wanted to read a fairly slow, in depth, rather brutal look at what happens when a psychopath and a sociopath cross paths... and someone else is caught in the middle?

 

Well, then I have the book for you!

 

I'd owned this book for quite some time before finally reading it as its sequel, The Next Mrs. Parrish, was released - directly in preparation to read *that* book as an Advance Review Copy. While normally I do recommend that people go ahead and start series books early.... in my defense, I thought I *had* read this one a while back before realizing I hadn't. :)

 

This noted, any readers new to this series will be glad that the sequel is out now, as with the particular manner that this one ends... having the next one readily at hand was actually a great thing indeed.

 

Just, again, be warned that this is a S L O W book, where even the twists can seemingly take a few dozen pages to reveal themselves. And in the end, virtually *no one* looks overly great *and* there is quite a bit of abuse and other injustices discussed and actively shown. So if darker books aren't your thing... may want to rethink this one.

 

In the end though, this really was a fun book that I'm glad I finally read.

 

Recommended.

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  • 14 June, 2024: Started reading
  • 19 June, 2024: Finished reading
  • 25 June, 2024: Reviewed